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Why Chris Matthews Won't Run for Senate
U.S.News & World Report ^ | February 22, 2009 | Nikki Schwab

Posted on 02/23/2009 1:45:06 PM PST by george76

NBC White House Correspondent Chuck Todd has a theory on why MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews begged off from running for the Pennsylvania Senate seat held by Republican Arlen Specter.

"Because Chris had a really good friend of his say to him, 'What are you going to do when you get there?' and he couldn't answer the question and he realized that, and that's why he didn't run," says Todd.

"It was a childhood dream to be a senator, but he didn't know what he was going to do if he got there." It was the same for 2008 presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain, says the coauthor of How Barack Obama Won. "They never knew why they wanted to be president."

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: chrismatthews; matthews; msnbc; nbc; pa2010; senate
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To: Republicus2001

I meant first GAY cable reporter who is not a movie reviewer


21 posted on 02/23/2009 4:27:14 PM PST by Republicus2001
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To: george76

He's still shaking that leg.

22 posted on 02/23/2009 6:36:13 PM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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